Style in History
Author | : Peter Gay |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1988 |
ISBN-10 | : 0393305589 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780393305586 |
Rating | : 4/5 (586 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Style in History by : Peter Gay
Download or read book Style in History written by Peter Gay and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1988 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this original and lucid guide to the proper reading of Gibbon, Ranke, Macaulay, and Burckhardt--great historians who were also great stylists--Peter Gay demonstrates that style is an invaluable clue to the historian's insight.